Thursday, May 19, 2016

Delhi Government fails to ensure 24x7 power supply,LOP urges strict action against defaulting DISCOMS

Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, Sh. Vijender Gupta today urged CM, Arvind Kejriwal to take strict action against defaulting DISCOMS.  He regretted that Delhi Government has failed to fulfill its promise of 24x7 power supply during summer season to Delhiites.  Its claim to have made adequate arrangement for supply of 6200 MGW power has fallen flat.  Right now, the peak demand has reached 5733 MGW.   But the supply is being frequently cut in different parts of city.  He said that the DISCOMS are indulging in power cuts of 4-5 hours.  But all the three DISCOMS and DERC have turned blind eye to the power shortage.

 Gupta said that the DISCOMS are supplying electricity through old power houses and equipment.  The transformers and power cables are decades old.  It is resulting in frequent local faults.  DISCOMS do not have sufficient staff to take care of disruption of supply.

Leader of Opposition charged that DISCOMS show huge investments on up-gradation of transformers, equipments etc.  But these are done only papers.  Delhi Government has not once imposed any penalty or fine for their failure to ensure uninterrupted supply of power.   He asked the Chief Minister to take the defaulting DISCOMS to task and ensure uninterrupted supply of power.  He also urged him to ensure that DISCOMS really upgrade their power system and equipment.


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